'Which Tree Were You at Drama School?' | Processing Trauma through Comedy with Mouncealot

Episode 5 of #InvisiblePodcast brings you an interview with London-based actor and our 'resident clown', Kate Mounce, AKA Mouncealot. Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose enjoy a fun and meaningful chat about the art of clowning, CPTSD and BPD, laughing at vs. laughing with, trauma and its effects on the body, navigating vulnerability in performance, and making work that comes from your deepest, raw self. All in about half an hour. Who says we're not having a productive quarantine? You can find Mouncealot online at @mouncealot83 and via her theatre company, Beside Ourselves Collective (@besideourselves on Instagram and TikTok). If you are looking to create a performance about or inspired by your own mental health journey, Invisible Cabaret offers 1:1 workshop sessions. Email [email protected] for more details. Things mentioned in the podcast: Beside Ourselves Collective (see above) - devised theatre collaboration between LISPA trained Kate Mounce and Fourth Monkey graduate Eleanor Young. C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) LISPA (now arthaus.berlin) École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques LeCoq Recommended reading: 'Waking the Tiger' by Peter Levine (about somatic experiencing and psychological trauma). *** Be in the next episode of #InvisiblePodcast! Tweet or DM us with what you're grateful for this week, or - better still - send us a voice message! The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more. You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube.  With thanks to: Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod  License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Photo credit: Richard McKenzie, AKA The Burly Photographer Find more Invisible Cabaret on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.